Return to the Capital (III) (Part I)

Ruan Qianhua was very angry that night and returned to the capital overnight, The gate of the capital has been locked, but the foreign princess, the soldiers guarding the door still opened the door for her.

The Ministry of Rites of the Great Zhou immediately sent someone to guide them to the State Guest Inn. It's just that the princess of Nanyue doesn't stop, clamoring to see the emperor. The people in the Ministry of Rites were disdainful in their hearts, the princess of a small country, she went to take the initiative to chase the man and came back here to lose her temper without knowing what she was angry about, she thought this was the place where birds don't in South Vietnam?! High-sounding said that he wanted to go to Mengshan to see the scenery, go to the Fuxi River to see the miracle, who didn't know that it was the territory of the Tang family and the Jin family, In the past few years, Tang Sanshao has been in business, and if he likes Tang Sanshao, he will say it clearly, and he has made so many bends, It's a guard of honor, and it's an entourage, and so many people are used, Tang Sanshao's boat arrived at Gyeonggi Wharf in the evening. The shopkeeper of Yuehuaxuan sent a carriage to wait on the boat early, and how many ladies and women in the capital who admired Tang Sanshao sat in the carriage from a distance implicitly and watched. Or find a restaurant and tearoom nearby and take a look at it from afar, where would there be a princess like this kind of wild place, so don't want a woman's reserve, run a hundred miles. When I came back at this point, I knew that I didn't run into it, and I really deserved it.

That Tang San Gongzi used to be a famous son in the capital, talented and good-looking, he couldn't look down on how many ladies in the capital, and the princess and county lord also liked him, and now he has a fairy-like fiancée, where would he put the princess of a small country in his eyes. What's more, this person has such a bad temper and looks like a thin hemp pole, even he, a small official of the Ministry of Rites, can't look down on him, let alone the suave Tang Gongzi. Today's teahouses and wine shops in Beijing have spread all over the world, and this unruly young man in the past is married, not only dedicated to this girl, but also very careful and thoughtful. When I returned to the city today, I passed by the Flooc Feidu, and specially asked the fleet to stop there to fish for the unique Feifei River carp in that water, waiting for the plum blossoms sent by the sister-in-law of the nearby Tsing Yi Guan to make tea for his future wife. From the morning when the boat was parked there until the evening when it should be eaten, the two of them had a happy day, and they didn't care about Yuehuaxuan's car waiting at Gyeonggi Wharf, and they slowly docked very late in the afternoon. The husband and wife are like mixing oil in honey, where will they look at this stinging hay.

Although he thought so in his heart, he could only say in a high-sounding voice: "Princess Qianhua, please settle it earlier, At this time, the palace has already been locked, and it is time for the emperor to go to bed." If you want to see the emperor, you have to wait until tomorrow to hand over the post to the palace, and the emperor will send someone to pass it on when he is free. ”

"Wait?! When will that be? Ruan Qianhua threw the towel handed by the maid to wipe her hands on the maid's face, this is the maid from Nanyue who came with her, she didn't care about her broken hair and wiped her face, she hurriedly lowered her head to pick up the towel and wanted to withdraw as soon as possible, so as not to cause the princess to lose her temper and harm the pond fish.

The official of the Ministry of Rites glanced at the maid, expressionless, and the disdain in his heart was deeper: "This is not something that the lower officials can know, generally speaking, the prince of Nanyue can only be present to the audience, because it is written in the national letter that the prince of Nanyue came to Dazhou to discuss peace matters." The implication is that Ruan Qianhua is not the main master, "Of course, if the princess is really in a hurry, she can also send a post to ask to see the queen mother." If the emperor or the mother is free, maybe they will be summoned on the same day, if they are too busy, it is possible for ten days and a half months or more. ”

"Ten days and a half months?!" Ruan Qianhua broke out, ten days and a half months, maybe the Great Zhou royal family had already prepared a peace plan for his brother, they were either forced to accept the arrangement of the Great Zhou Dynasty, or they had to find a way to meet the emperor and empress of the Great Zhou now. It's just that the elder brother went to find the of Jin Jiu, and I don't know when I will come back, Ruan Qianhua had to endure her anger and said to the little official: "Ask the adults to hand over the post for Qianhua early tomorrow morning, and Qianhua asks to see the queen." ”

"The lower officer wrote it down. Just how to report the princess's purpose of asking to see the queen? ”

Qianhua thought for a while, instead of being subtle, it was better to say it directly, anyway, everyone in Da Zhou knew that they were here to kiss: "There are some things that Princess Ben and Prince Qianye want to discuss with the queen mother about coming to Da Zhou and kissing." ”

Whether it is the palace of the emperor or the queen mother in the palace, it is calm on the surface, but in fact, the masters have not slept. There are so many pairs of eyes in every palace secretly staring, and they all know that there are a lot of people secretly coming in and out of the palace tonight, and people from all walks of life are trying their best to pass on the news. Since Xinjie entered the palace in the morning and left in a hurry after discussion, several places in Beijing have secretly made big waves. When he took his wife into the city in the evening in Yuehuaxuan's comfortable carriage and watched the street scenery along the road, when someone was about to make a move, he found that many things had settled in a day, and there was no room for redemption.

The emperor suddenly received a report that the people of Pingluan Pavilion suddenly dispatched today and detained several groups of people in the capital, some said that they were complicit with the former prince Yixiang, and now they are still plotting against them; or has something to do with the former Xiangyang King rebel party in the past; There are also studies of the Turkic and Tuvassal states in the capital. Several outbreaks broke out at the same time, and the eyeliner he arranged in Pingluan Pavilion did not pass the news to him, and the emperor was a little surprised, and the person in charge of Pingluan Pavilion, General Yutai did not come, but a few principals came, asked General Yutai where he was, and reported that he was still on the way to Beijing. The emperor was furious and asked why General Yutai, who was in charge, dared to make trouble in many places if he was not there? ! He replied that there were spies in the Pingnuan Pavilion, and this was a plan set by General Yutai and his subordinates, and it was announced to the public that General Yutai was in the Gyeonggi Waterway, and on the way into Beijing, the internal spies could not sit still, and sent the news, and all parties were ready to take action, so they caught people. And it's people who catch several parties at the same time, more than one internal spy and one party.

Asked about the list of people arrested, Chen Cheng handed over a thick post, obviously prepared. The chamberlain took it from Chen Cheng's hand, didn't dare to look at it, and directly lowered his head and unfolded it on the table in front of the emperor.

"Here's all?"

"Back to the emperor, this is all the people who have been arrested today, the first page is through the former prince, and the latter is through the Turkic and the land vassal states. Among them, there are also spies inside the Pingluan Pavilion, and there is more than one, which has been noted after the name, and there is relevant evidence. ”

There is more than one spy inside Pingluan Pavilion, more than one party, but many people in the outside world are speculating about who the new Pingluan Pavilion Yutai General is? It sounds paradoxical. In fact, it is not, I know who General Yutai of Pingluan Pavilion is, in addition to several important principals of Pingluan Pavilion, followed by the three heads of the palace, the emperor and the queen mother, including the eyeliner of these three everywhere. But not all the eyeliners planted in Pingluan Pavilion know who the general is, During this period of time, if these eyeliners are at a low level in Pingluan Pavilion, the usual tasks are arranged by the principal, and they have not seen who the general is. At least on the emperor's side, if the emperor hadn't told them who the general was, they wouldn't know at the moment.

In the eyeliner everywhere, The emperor pinched his fingers a little uneasily, his eyeliner in Pingluan Pavilion has not been sent so far, is it also served by this kid? He quickly flipped through the list presented by Chen Cheng, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and only caught two eyeliners at the lower level of Pingluan Pavilion, one was a spy of the Tongtu Domain, and the other was a messenger to the queen's mother's family. Then he felt annoyed, and received his favor to enter the Pingluan Pavilion to work, and one was actually a foreign enemy, and the other was through the queen's maiden family. It's just a foreign enemy, and the queen's hand is so long. The emperor clenched his fists and smashed them on the bookcase.

An attendant hurriedly came in, and Chen Cheng, who seemed to be standing below, glanced at the emperor with some anxiety. This is the person he sent out to contact the eyeliner after he knew that Pingluan Pavilion had moved. His eyes signaled, and the chamberlain hurriedly approached the book case and whispered: "Sun Li has been in charge of the affairs of the Nanyue prince, and he received an urgent order from General Yutai to follow the Nanyue prince out of the city with a team of people, and he can't be contacted. The emperor closed his eyes for a moment, and the chamberlain retreated.

Chen Cheng still stood quietly below and waited. Although the voice of the chamberlain is very low and far away, but the emperor's martial arts are limited, this chamberlain has no martial arts, and I don't know what a person with profound skills like him can know what they are talking about just by the shape of his mouth and a few floating voices. It seems that the general's guess is correct, Sun Li is the emperor's man, and the general cleverly transferred him away to follow the prince of Nanyue, and he is justifiably not in the team of this operation, no matter where he is, it can be justified.

Chen Cheng understands the general's difficulties very well at this moment, they were born and died in Pingluan Pavilion, the purpose is to rape the court, but does the emperor doubt this and that, whether it is Pingluan Pavilion or the imperial court, many loyal ministers have suffered because of the emperor's suspicion. The emperor thinks he is smart, but he is self-righteous and paranoid, and it is easy for people who understand him to like him. That's why they fell into the trap of the other party many times, and were killed by people who killed loyal ministers with counterplots, ruined their plans, or purged good ministers in the court for no reason. If it weren't for the Queen Mother presiding over the overall situation, the rivers and mountains of the Great Zhou might have been plotted. The eyeliner of the two emperors in Pingluan Pavilion is indeed a spy, not a fabrication made up by them.

The emperor didn't know that Chen Cheng had heard it, so he pretended to ask: "Did several of the directors of Pingluan Pavilion participate in this operation?" ”

"Your Majesty, only his subordinates and Deputy Director Yu know the details this time. First, there are many affairs in Pingluan Pavilion, and everyone is really too busy, so it is not appropriate to let all the principals be too burdened, and furthermore, the news should not be too scattered to avoid arousing the suspicion of spies. ”

"Is that your general doesn't believe in these masters?"

"The general said that he believed that these principals were loyal to the king, because he had been in office for so long, and his vassal states and the Turkic side did not know about them, which means that at least these principals were not suspected of being with foreign enemies."